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distant—nine miles of dray-road and twelve miles of horse-track. The approach is difficult, owing to a deep creek intervening. Pongaroa Township is about seven miles distant by horse-track. The section comprises undulating and hilly land. The soil is clayey, resting on a papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, matai, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a creek. The general quality of the section is fair. The improvements comprise 46 acres grassed (at £2 2s. 6d.) : £97 15s.

Section 24, Block V., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. 1 Block, on the Waipatukaka Road. The access is from Makuri, which is about twenty-one miles distant—nine miles of dray-road, nine miles of horse-track, and three miles cleared only. Pongaroa Township is about seven miles distant—two miles dray-road, and the rest horse-track and cleared road. The section comprises undulating and hilly land, with about 8 acres of flat. The soil is clayey, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, tawa, kahikatea, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The section is watered by a creek, and its general quality is fair. The improvements comprise 15 acres grassed (at £2) : 30.

Section 26, Block V., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. 1 Block, on the Waipatukaka Road. The access is from Makuri, which is about twenty-one miles distant—nine miles of horse-track, and three miles of cleared road only. Pongaroa Township is about seven miles distant—two miles of dray-road, and the rest horse-track and cleared road. The section comprises undulating and hilly land, with easy slopes, and about 4 acres of flat. The soil is clayey, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed; comprising rimu, rata, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a creek. The improvements comprise 18 acres grassed (at £2), £36; and whare, £4: total, £40.

Section 28, Block V., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. 1 Block, on the Waipatukaka Road. The access is from Makuri, which is about twenty-two miles distant—nine miles of horse-track, and four miles of cleared road only. Pongaroa Township is about eight miles distant—two miles of dray-road, and the rest horse-track and cleared road only. The section comprises undulating and hilly land, with easy slopes and a small flat. The soil is clayey, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, matai, kahikatea, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a creek. The improvements comprise 51 acres grassed (at £2), £102; whare, 22 ft. by 12 ft. by 7 ft., £10: total, £112.

Section 11, Block X., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. 2 Block, on the Kaituna Road. The access is from Pongaroa, which is about seven miles distant—five miles of formed dray-road and two miles of horse-track. The section comprises undulating and hilly land. The soil is clayey, of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, matai, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth of supplejack, lawyer, &c. The section is watered by a permanent stream, and its general quality is fair.

Section 12, Block X., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Pahiatua No. 2 Block, on the Kaituna Road. The access is from Pongaroa, which is about seven miles distant—five miles of formed dray-road and two miles of horse-track. The section comprises undulating and hilly land. The soil is clayey, of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, matai, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth of supplejack, lawyer, &c. The section is watered by a permanent stream, and the general quality is fair.

Section 19, Block XI., Makuri, is situated in the Masterton Reform Block, on the North Range Road. The access is from Makuri, which is about nineteen miles distant—ten miles of dray-road and nine miles of horse-track. Pongaroa is about nine miles distant by horse-track. The section comprises hilly and undulating land, with easy spurs. The soil is clayey, of fair quality, resting on sandstone-and-papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, hinau, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a small creek, and its general quality is fair. The improvements comprise 6 acres felled and burnt and 4 acres grassed (at £2) : value, £8.

Section 20, Block XV., Makuri, is situated in the Masterton Reform Block, at the junction of the Mangatiti and Range Roads. The access is from Makuri, which is about seven miles distant by a dray-road, of which four miles are metalled. The section comprises easy undulating land with flat-top spurs. The soil is clayey, of good quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, matai, hinau, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora, kiekie, supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a small creek, and its general quality is good. The improvements comprise 10 acres felled and 5 acres grassed (at £2) : value, £10.

Section 24, Block IV., Mount Cerberus, is situated in the Masterton Reform Block, on the North Range Road. The access is from Makuri, which is about nineteen miles distant—ten miles of dray-road, and about nine miles of horse-track. The section comprises sloping land with easy spurs. The soil is clayey, of good quality, resting on sandstone-and-papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, hinau, tawa, &c., with the usual undergrowth of mahoe, kotukutuku, supplejack, &c. The section is well watered by creeks, and its general quality is fair.

Section 3, Block IX., Tararua, is situated on the Mangatainoka River Reserve Road and Clark’s Road. The access is from Newman Railway-station, which is about twelve miles distant by a metalled road to within one mile of the section, the latter portion being formed dray-road, and the Mangatainoka River has to be crossed. At Nireaha, about half-way to Newman, there is a post-office, school, &c. The section comprises undulating and hilly land, with about 50 acres of flat. The soil is clayey, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rata, rimu, birch, with the usual undergrowth of rangiora, konini, supplejack, &c. The section is watered by the Mangatainoka River, and its general quality is fair. The improvements comprise 30 acres grassed (at £2) : £60.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Section in Town of Ormondville for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 14th December, 1898.

THE under-mentioned section in the Township of Ormondville will be submitted to public auction for sale for cash, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 1st March, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBS OF TOWN OF ORMONDVILLE.

Terms of Sale.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Marlborough Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 6th December, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lease of pastoral land will be offered for sale by auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 8th day of February, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—HODDER SURVEY DISTRICT.

Pastoral License under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Run No. 16: Area, 15,000 acres; upset annual rental, £107; term, twenty-one years from 1st March, 1899.

Possession will be given on 1st April, 1899.

One half-year’s rent, and £1 1s. lease-fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the necessary declaration furnished.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.